Kassem Aldukhan
Department of Surgery, Damascus University, Damascus, SyriaPublications
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Research Article
Comparative Study between Laparoscopic and Open Surgery in Oncologic, Short-Term Clinical Outcomes and Complications for Rectal Cancer: Cohort Study
Author(s): Kassem Aldukhan73211*
Objective: This study compared the short-term operative and oncologic outcomes of laparoscopic surgery with those of open surgery in patients with rectal cancer. Methods: Medical records of 80 patients (37 laparoscopic and 43 open surgery) treated between 2013 and 2017 were reviewed. Patients<18 years or harboring major medical comorbidities were excluded. Baseline clinical characteristics, operative and postoperative events, details of pathological specimens and follow-up information such as cancer recurrence or death among the patients were reviewed. Results: All the clinical characteristics did not differ significantly between the two groups. Proximal and distal margins of surgical specimens as well as the total number of lymph nodes removed (median number 13.3 for laparoscopic vs. 12.4 for open surg.. Read More»
DOI: 10.31858/0975-8453.15.5.171-175